Digidesign 003 Factory + OctoPre Bundle

003 Factory + OctoPre Bundle description:

This item is an exclusive DV bundle which contains: a Digidesign 003 Factory unit, a Focusrite Octopre, a Focusrite OCTOPRE ADAT ADC and 2x Konig Standard 2m Optical Cables at an incredible bundle price.

With an extensive range of audio and MIDI I/O, high-definition audio resolution, the creativity and speed of industry-standard Pro Tools software, high-speed FireWire connectivity, and a big, comprehensive bundle of powerful software included for free, the Digidesign 003 Factory empowers you to achieve the same professional audio results as commercial facilities in your own personal studio.

The Digidesign 003 Factory provides everything you need (and then some) to compose, record, edit, mix, and master audio for music and desktop post production projects—with truly professional results. Its portable size gives you the freedom to take a professional Pro Tools system anywhere your creative skills are needed—or inspired. 003 offers an extensive array of analog and digital audio and MIDI I/O, making it the ideal hub of any home or project studio, or a powerful complement to an existing setup. And with its studio-grade 24-bit/96 kHz audio resolution, you can expect stunning, high-definition sound every time.

With its touch-sensitive, motorized faders and motion-sensitive encoders, knobs, and switches, 003 gives you direct hands-on access to the power of Pro Tools, enabling you to control multiple aspects of your mix with much more speed and accuracy than mixing with a mouse alone. 003 also provides essential visual feedback through its LCD display and plethora of LED indicators on the control surface so you can see how and what you’re affecting in your session.

003 features multiple options for monitoring your sessions as well as other external devices. Dedicated stereo studio monitor outputs allow you to always have reference monitors connected without sacrificing audio outputs, while a stereo pair of alternate control room outputs let you hook up a second set of speakers to allow easy switching between two studio monitor sources. Two headphone outputs, each with its own level control, enable you to run two discrete monitor headphone mixes separately from your main mix. And an alternate source input allows you to monitor signals from a connected external device.

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Digidesign 003 Factory main features include

• 8 touch-sensitive motorized faders
• 8 motion-sensitive rotary encoders for pan/send/meter/plug-in control
• Dedicated mute, solo, and select/record arm switches per channel
• 6-character, 2-line LCD display per channel displays track name; pan, send, fader, and plug-in values; and timeline position
• 5-segment LED display for viewing metering and automation mode status
• Easily assign inserts and sends from the control surface
• Dedicated automation controls and LEDs
• Dedicated transport control
• Standalone MIDI Mode functionality
• Jog/Shuttle wheel
• High-speed FireWire connectivity
• 18 simultaneous channels of audio I/O
• 24-bit/96 kHz resolution
• 8 analog inputs, 8 analog outputs
• 4 professional mic preamps with individual gain and high-pass filter; 48V phantom power enabled on channel pairs
• 8 channels of ADAT optical I/O or two channels of S/PDIF optical I/O
• 2 channels of S/PDIF digital I/O
• 1 MIDI input, 2 MIDI outputs (16 channels in/32 channels out)
• BNC Word Clock I/O
• Dedicated studio monitor output, plus alternate control room output
• Alternate Source input for external device monitoring
• Dual headphone outputs with individual source and level controls

Pro Tools LE Software main features include:

• Award-winning, industry-standard Pro Tools LE software for composing, recording, editing, mixing, and mastering
• 32 simultaneous audio tracks (128 virtual audio tracks), expandable to 48 tracks
• Fully integrated MIDI sequencing with 256 simultaneous MIDI tracks
• Support for streaming ReWire applications
• Beat Detective LE automatic groove analysis and correction tool
• Supports Digidesign Command|8 and Control|24 control surfaces
• Huge selection of compatible third-party plug-ins and software options

Providing eight pristine discrete channels of Focusrite Class A mic pre and compression, the Focusrite OctoPre routes directly to any digital audio workstation via analogue outputs or a 24-bit, 96kHz A/D converter of the bundled Focusrite OCTOPRE ADAT ADC. The Focusrite OctoPre offers the unique qualities associated with the Focusrite name at an affordable price.

Each channel also features a revolutionary compressor / limiter circuit, providing a warm-sounding compressor, which morphs into a brick wall limiter to avoid those critical overs, ensuring total control over all eight channels.

The mic pres featured in OctoPre those featured elsewhere in the award winning Focusrite Platinum range. They are a transistor-based Class A design utilising the same full-bandwidth philosophy as the legendary Red and ISA mic pres, ensuring detail and clarity without colouration. The first two 'super channels' also feature phase reverse, as well as TRS jack inputs on the front fascia for quick and easy, DI-free instrument plug-in.

Output can be either analogue or digital; choices include 8 balanced analogue outputs, or the digital outputs of the ADAT card. An external Wordclock input is also provided (BNC connector.) The AES-EBU and S/PDIF format outputs all operate at up to 24bit /96kHz and can run simultaneously with the lightpipe outputs, giving up to 16 channels of digital output for sample rates of 44.1 and 48kHz, at 16, 20 or 24 bit dithered.

With Class A Focusrite processing and almost all the interface options known to man, the Platinum Octopre is the perfect partner for any Pro Tools system or any other Digital audio workstation, making high quality, multi-channel recording easy. Equally it could be utilised as an instant location recording solution, or as an additional set of mic pres for any analogue or digital console, or hard disk recorder.

The Focusrite OCTOPRE ADAT ADC 24-bit/96 kHz interface card provides digital outputs for all eight OctoPre channels, which operate over the full sample frequency range (44.1, 48, 88.2 and 96 kHz) and can be dithered to 16-, 20-, or 24-bit depths depending upon the destination. External word clock synchronisation is possible using the rear panel BNC connector. The card features two ADAT-type lightpipe output connectors. For speeds up to 48KHz both connectors transmit all 8 channels simultaneously. However, ADAT-type connectors are bandwidth limited at sample rates above 48 kHz - each audio channel uses two ADAT digital channels to accommodate the increased quantity of data, hence the need for two ADAT connectors to allow 8 channels of conversion at high speed.

The main features of the Focusrite OCTOPRE 8 + ADAT CARD include:

• Eight pristine discrete channels
• Transistor-based Class A design mic pres
• Inputs: 1/4" jack (channels one and two only), 25 pin D-type 8 channel line level analogue connector, 8 XLR inputs for Mic
• Outputs: 25-pin D-type 8 channel analogue connector
• ADAT Expansion Board provides digital outputs for all eight OctoPre channels; two ADAT-type lightpipe output connectors
• THD: 0.001% @ 20dBu input, mic and line at 0dB gain
• Noise: -96dB at unity gain through the unit
• Mic EIN: -128 dBu @ 6dB of gain with 150Ohm termination impedance
• Frequency response: -1dB at 10Hz to 200kHz